1939-04-04 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

TUESDAY APRIL 4, 1939. -PAGE 7

ALLEGED GANG MURDER OUTSIDE. TEA HOUSE

Man Attacked From Behind Dies From Stab Wounds

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At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday before Mr. Q, A. A. Macfadyen, Léong“Chỉ and Two?. On-chul wère-charged with the murder of Wong King-tsean on March 4, at the Nam Shan Tea House, in Reclamation" Street near Dundas Street. The charge against a third man Wong Sam, was withdrawn.

Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and stated that deceased was having tea with four other persons on the day in question. He was seated at the outer table nearest the street with his back towards the street. About noon, he W15 attacked from behind by a gang of five men, two of whom were armed with knives.

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IN MEMORIAM

The Late Mr.

R.A.M.C. ASSCN.

MEETING

Successful Year Reported

A successful year, both finan

EXHIBITION OF PHOTOS

Splendid Work Of Mr. B. Josepho

Mr. B. Josepho, whose photo

cially and socially, was recorded at studios in Shanghai, Peiping, and the annual meeting of the Hong- Makdon hare enjoyed the patron- kong Branch of the Royal Army age of many a leading personality Medical Corps Association, held at in the Far East, is now holding an the Urban Council Chamber yester-exhibition of his works in portrait day. Col. J. T. Simson was in the photography in the Jacobean Room chair and Col. W. D. Arthur was of the Hongkong Hotel. The ex- jamong those present.

hibition will be continued to Presenting his report, the Hon. Saturday, April 8, and the hours Secretary, Sergeant-Major L Garë 10 am to 6,30 p.m. Macfarlane said, in part:----

Among Mr. Josepho's patrons in

During the year 1938, the local the past few years have been Mr. branch of, the Association held T. V. Spong, "Gen. Wu Te-chen, several social entertainments which and Dr. W. W, Yen, former Ambas- included ten dances at the Fenin-sador to the US.S.R.

Tse Tsan- tai – A Notable Career

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and

Marshal

sula and Cecil Hotels respectively,

Included in the exhibition, alsu tennis at home, the annual are "portraits of the late President cricket match (Past versus Present Lee Yuan-hung. First defendant, who was ahead

To-day is the first anniversary members of the Corps), and the Chang Hsuch-lang... of the gang. pointed out Wone of the death of the late Mr. The annual dinner, and they made a rush at him. Tan-tal journalist, author, artist The dances were attended by a traite

One of the most striking por- When deceased received a blow

exhibited and Inventor, who passed

is a carbon- away fair number of Association mem-process study of M. Bodez. Consul from first defendant's knife, he in Hongkour on April 4, 1938, and bers, their wives and friends, and General for France in Shanghai. ran out of the shop, pursued by to-day a large circle of his rela- were strongly patronised by local Sir Archibald and Lady Clark Kerr the Kang into Dundas Street tives and friends will pay homage residents of the Colony. where he received further injuries to a man who once played a lead-

have also had portraits executed I am pleased to be able to report by Mr. Josepho. which to his head and arm. The gang

Ing part in

bringing about the that a donation of £10 was for cluded.

are in- then left when they saw him in a Chinese Revolution and the over-warded to the Central Fund during state of collapse.

throw of the Manchu dynasty. 1938, and we were able to make aį

·LATEST PROCESSES The late Mr. Ise Tsan-tal was frant of fire pounds to the widow Mr. Josepho. Isadept at portrait study involving the use of several burn in Sydney, New South Wales, one of our late members.

Officers elected for the coming, of the latest processes, and his on May 16, 1872, when his father was proprietor of the Tal Yick Year were: President-Col. W. D. exhibit studies will testify to this. Firm in

Arthur. M.B.E.; Hon, Secretary The etching process, carbon, off, early age, he went with his parents Sergeant-Major L G. Macfarlane, warm tone, pencil sketch, "photo Hon, Treasurer-Staff-Sergeant A., sketch and other processes äre family to and the rest of his Grafton. New South Wales. where Alexander: Committee-Quarter represented among the exhibits on

Master Sorgeant W. J. Juft, Cpl.view. his father owned the business of

A prize "study of Mr. Josepho's Te & Co. On November 1, 1879, Hanlon, Mr. W. Elliott and Mr. A. he, with his elder sister and two

¡ls one of the King of Beggars, Ho Kwai-wah, 18, assistant naw- brothers, were baptised into the

taken some ten years ago, which, ker, stated that he had bad Church of England by Bishop C. CLANE, CRAWFORD'S tea with deceased at first and later Greenway, who stood sponsor for

the children. when he was again going to the)

His father and tea house with his master, Ho Kav, mother subsequently joined the he saw the gang attack Wong Church.

POLICE ON SCENE When the police arrived on the scene. Wong was lying in a pool of blood. He was conveyed to

Kowloon Hospital and died that same night.

Dr. H. T. Bee, of the Kowloon Hospital, testified that death was due to shock and haemorrhage. He found that the muscles in the left

upper arm was severed.

Sussex Street... At An

from behind. He knew first de- It was at Grafton High School

Stephen.

WIN CLAIM

Suit Against Son Of

in 1936 won the first prize in an jexhibition of artists in Shanghai.

Portrait studies of children, ar Mr. Josepho's specialty, and several fine examples are included in the exhibition. Mr. Josepho

some time, and he will be available for appointment,

fendant for several months and that James See, as he was then Vice-President Of plans to remain in the Colony for

could recognize him well.

known, received his early educa

HONGKONG HEADQUARTERS

The hearing will be resumed to- tion, ... 'day.

ABRUPT END TO

CLAIM AGAINST

UNDERWRITERS

Philippines

Judgment WEN given by Mr.

In 1887 young Tse came to Justice R. & Lindsell, in the Sum- ALLEGED SNATCHERS Hongkong with his parents and mary Court yesterday, for Messrs.

IN COURT

$163,60 Pleading guilty

continued his education at Queen's Lane, Crawford, Ltd., who claimed

Judgment With Costs wards assassinated), who esta-money represented the cost of Court yesterday for

For Defendants

В to

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PAINTINGS

College, always dreaming of the the sum of $900.59. less

beration of China, from the paid, from Nicasio 'Osmena. of a snatching a pair of earrings Manchus and it was during this Manila, Philippine Islands. De-from a woman at Shelly Street AN EXHIBITION OF period that be met, inside and out- fendant was not present.

on Sunday. Lo Kam, unemployéd. side the college, 16 trusted friends.. Mr.. A. Ribeiro, accountant of, was remanded for 48 hours" by including Yeung Ku-wan (after the plaintif arm, stated that the Mr. R. Edwards at the Central An exhibition of paintings, the medical ex-work of Prof. Wu Kung-bu, under amination for caning.

the auspices of the Kheng Ngai Oversea Chinese Federated. Asso- Hongkong, and of which he and Lordship, witness said credit was Chung Ming, aged 17, who ap-clation, will be opened at 2.30 The $10,966.23 Insurance cla.m Yeung became co-leaders. The granted to defendant because the peared before Mr. T.. H. Houston p.m. On Friday, April 7, at the brought by the Cheong Shiar story of the long struggle, up to references he gave were satis-at the Central Court yesterday Kam Lög Restaurant and" will Hong, marine goods dealers, againal, the second unsuccessful attempt, factory.

on a similar charge, was also remain open from 10 a.m. to the China Underwriters, Ltd., came at the beginning of 1903, to cap-

Mr. P. Wynter-Blyth, for plain-remanded for 48 hours for the p.m. for Ave consecutive days. to an abrupt ending in the ture Canton, the plans for which tins, informed the Court that de-same purposes.

The public cordially invit- Supreme Court yesterday when were betrayed, have been told by fendant was the son of the Vice- Chung told the Court that he ed to inspect the many select-

blished with him in 1892 the furniture supplied to defendant in Revolutionary Readquarters in November, 1937. In answer to His

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., counsel for Mr. Tse himself in his "Secret President of the Philippines.

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plaintiffs, said that he had been History of the Revolution." From Judgment, was given for plain-paper hawker previously, but sor Wu, Who is one of the fore;

instructed not to proceed füriber this time onwards, he decided to tiffs with costs. with the case and asked that devote his time to the furtherance judgment with costs be given to of the cause through the columns defendants.

of the press, leaving Dr. Sun Yat- MEMORIAL SERVICE

The Chief Justice, Sir Atholl sen and his followers a free hand MacGregor., duly recorded, fldg-in other directioni inent.

INVENTOR

It was far back as 1899 that the

had been a bootblack and news ed pieces of the work of Profes> could not carry on his trade be- most progressive artists in China. cause of being chased by the pp-1

The proceeds of sale will be de- lice.

voted to the fund for the

REMANDED

of Hainanese refugees.

:

CROWN LAND SALES

relter

New Kowkon Inland Lot No.

Under the auspices of the A- UNEMPLOYED YOUTH umni Association of University of Shanghai, the American Suid The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Alimada e

European Returned Castro Jr., for defendant firm,

Studenta An unemployed youth, Kwong Associatfor applied for costs to be considered late Mr. Tse founded the Hongkons the YMCA the

the Y. W. C, A., Choi, is being detained by the in Chambers. The Chief Justice Chinese Club, and, in the same China, South Branch, the Cheng alleged unlawful passession of 2880, covering an area of about

WC.T.U. of Police in connection with the consented, stating that plaintiff year, designed a dirigible airship, Chy Club, the Pacific Publishing Co., complete motor car screen-wiper, 11,800 square feet, at the junction firm's decision not to proceed any of which the gas-chamber was to etc., there will be a memorial ser-a bunch of keys, 'a further with the case took him by be aluminium-sheathed and hell-vice, for Dr. Herman C. E. Liu, and a spammer, suspected of hav-Street, Shumshulpo, was bought by acrew driver of Castle Peak Road and Camp copters used for raising and lower-President of University of Shang-ing been unlawfully obtained. Plaintifs claimed the sum asing the craft. Plans of this air-hai, who was assassinated about a

Mr. Lut Ka-leung, of No. 720. the rateable proportion to be borne ship

The police arrested him at Des Nathan Road, 2nd floor, at the were published in the

year ago, at the Baptish Church. Voeux Road Central near Eastern Auction of Crown Lands in the by defendants in

of "lustrated London News" and 50 Caine Road, at 5.15 pm on Fri-Street at 8.25 am. on April 1, and F.W.D. building yesterday, marine products in a fire in plain-American scientific journals and day. tli's godowns in January, 1938. were the means of starting a

he was remanded for two days by Miss Jennie J. Hughes, Dr. Liu's Mr. T. J, Houston at the Central the bidding went to $21,100. Among The upset price was $17,700, and The defence was that 127 of the warm friendship between Mr. Tse childhood teacher, and Dr. C. T. Court yesterday. 137 item, claimed were fraudulent. and the great inventor, Sir Hiram. Wang, Chinese Ambassador tol and benefits under the policy were, Maxim.

Washington will speak. A

surprise.

the

loss

"therefore, forfeited. It was further In addition to his numerous Friends and relatives of Dr. Liu

alleged that the prices of some of newspaper articles, the late Mr. will be welcome to join.

Tse

the good, had been charged higher than the market price, and that 'the weights and prices had heen

altered...

W13 the author of various pamphlets on The

books and

The police are anxious to locate the three bidders was Mr. E. M. the owner or owners of the articles land and Gonella, architects,

Hazeland of Messis, Haze and they are requested to com- municate with No. 7, Police Station.

Hearing 01- the summonses

Deluge." The Upheaval of Central drawing and painting or Western- months' hard labour by Mr. Q. Apertal Chemical Industries (China) So Lu, 19, was sentenced to three against A. G. Hargreave, of the Im- Asia" and "The Bubaldence of the style black-and-white, aquatint or A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Ltd., for driving a bar without due Pacific Continent," and on "Chinese oils. One famous cartoon of his Magistracy yesterday, charged with care and caution, and driving Turkestan as the Cradle of the The Situation, on the Far East," the theft of a handbag from a whilst under the influence of drink, FIRING PRACTICE Human Race"

published in 1899, and reproduced widow in Cheung Sa Wan Road. was continued before Mr. R. Ed- Firing practice will be carried As an artist, the late Mr. Tse all over the world, cause so much Defendant was arrested by a wards at the Central Court yester out from D'Agullar between the was equally at home in conven-stir that it even brought down detective when he snatched the day, and was adjourned to April hours of 9 am, and 2 p.m. to-day. tional and traditional Chinese upon him Government reproof. bag from under the woman's, arm" 6.

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